Toshiba TX04 for the IoT

Toshiba has added a new variant to its TX04 range of microcontrollers. The TMPM46BF10FG is targeted at IoT applications and incorporates dedicated hardware to implement a true random number generator (TRNG: SP800-90C standard) through the combination of a random entropy seed generation (ESG) circuit and Hash-DRGB created by the secure hash processor (SHA) and software program. These features offload computational overheads on the main processor and meet the standards of security required for network communications.

To provide additional levels of safety, the IC includes a 16 channel interrupt input and a clock-independent watchdog timer, which operates separately from the system clock, improving the safety of system functions. In the case of a system clock malfunction, the watchdog timer is still capable of detecting errors.